After today’s commissioners meting, I am leaning towards home rule. I have a copy of the complete charter. Those three just sit there soooo smug. I think the political parties in this county do not want it because they will be out of business. Also, the state is really watching us. There are 67 Counties […]

As a long-time opponent of the convention center I think that it’s vital that we are fair and give credit when someone is doing something good. I believe that such is the case with Steve Geisenberger. The fees that his company are charging the convention center authority are below average because he is discounting them […]

Until reading the most recent NewsLanc post on the subject of financing, I was unaware that longtime project promoter and cheer leader Steve Geisenberger was now on the [Convention Center] payroll. What kind of fees is that guy collecting? He is tied at the hip with Tom Baldridge, chamber president, doing the bidding of the […]

Chamber of Commerce members dues are according to the number of employees they have. The BIG members have their agenda heard and set the climate.

I received two different junk mail pieces this week, each offereing deep discounts for LNP subscriptions. I am sure LNP has been suffering subscription losses, though gaining popularity of online publication. Mr. Adams should not be so arrogant: “’tis hubris brings the mighty down.” (Don’t search that quote, I made it up.)

What world do you live in, Robert? [Marv Adams] talks down to his readers every single week – including this one – with the “You can’t make this stuff up” – for the millionth time. And like what he tells his readers is rocket science – Gee, boys and girls, all color photos have to […]

(In response to “WATCHDOG: Although we did not altogether follow Adam’s explanations, we appreciate that he does not speak down to his readers. We think this is one of the reasons why the Sunday News continues to be so popular.”) This is the very same Marv Adams who repeatedly “spoke down” to anyone who dared […]

The county commissioners cannot dictate to this ELECTED BODY what to say – separation of powers and all that. Here is the relevant portion of a Chester County Court decision with the entire context to follow – it’s the SAME situation only 35 years ago! The Study Commission has endeavored to provide every voter in […]

I just received an email that states the Chamber of Commerce is RIGHT NOW conducting a telephone poll, asking people how they will vote on the “home rule” proposal. Desperate people do desperate things…

1) The Chamber of Commerce was the group that instigated the “home rule” petition drive. Their agenda is obvious: they don’t ever again want the County Commissioners to be able to block their agenda. This mailing illegally uses the Lancaster County logo, since the GSC isn’t a branch of the Lancaster County government. I wonder […]

I was told after the Commissioner meeting Wednesday that the monies needed to do the mailer would be funded by the Chamber of Commerce. That group is pushing for [home rule government] very hard. However it is all a waste of good money. 90% of that kind of mail gets tossed consistently. Unfortunately wasting money […]

Rumor has it that the people trying so hard to sell “home rule” may have come up with private financing to send this clearly biased mailer to every household in Lancaster County. This appears to be the exact same propaganda piece that was rejected by the Lancaster County Commissioners earlier this week.

I am not suggesting that the [the newspapers are] magnanimous or unbiased. What I stated was a fact. LNP has published nearly every letter I have written. (And there have been several.) They have quoted me in articles. Jack Brubaker contacted me to evaluate the financial projections of the project, and correctly quoted me (and […]

I was driving in the Southern end of Lancaster County and saw yet another Lancaster General Hospital construction project completed in Willow Street. And then I recalled two NewsLanc.com reports on the fiscal responsibilities of Lancaster General Hospital and the way in which each year’s hospital profits were spent. From my recall, it appeared that […]